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Seattle-based studio responsible for Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2.

Guild Wars 2 devs discuss how the game’s latest raid wing was built

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ArenaNet is rolling out the hype machine for next week's Guild Wars 2 update, the star of which is the third wing of its...

Guild Wars 2 teases final wing of its first raid in new trailer

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ArenaNet has just dropped a teaser trailer for Stronghold of the Faithful, Guild Wars 2's next raid wing. "In the third and final wing of...

Here’s what’s going on with Guild Wars 2’s plot right now

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We wouldn't blame you if you have fallen behind in Guild Wars 2's complex mythology and exciting narrative. To help you get up to...

The MOP Up: EVE Online phases out DirectX 9 (June 5, 2016)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Massively Overthinking: Solving the MMORPG grouping problem

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Massively OP Patron Roger has another great question for the crew this week. "I have the hardest time pushing myself to join a group, but...
Asura are not cute. Why have we agreed to pretend they are?

Guild Wars 2 asks players to vote on lore

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ArenaNet has a fun new diversion for the Guild Wars 2 playerbase: You get to determine the lore name of the band living story heroes...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Why wave-ban Guild Wars 2 cheaters?

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Last week, our very own Bree Royce summed up a response given by ArenaNet's Chris Cleary to a self-confessed hacker on the game's subreddit...

Getting perspective on Chronicles of Elyria’s planned PvP and PvE featureset

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Anyone on the MassivelyOP team will probably tell you that I won't shut up about Chronicles of Elyria. There's so much to like about...

The Daily Grind: Are you MMOing on Memorial Day?

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It's Memorial Day here in the States, which means it's the first of three holidays this summer we'll spend with cookouts and patriotic parades and family...

Massively Overthinking: The stories inside MMORPGs

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This week's topic comes to us from one of our dear Patrons, Roger. "I love stories, and some games tell great stories. MMOs have trouble...

The Daily Grind: What race are you dying to play in your MMORPG?

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There are few things more aggravating than to see an awesome race in your MMO -- and then being told that you can't play...
On the other hand, you could just release this again.

Guild Wars 2 hacking post sheds light on 300 cheaters caught last April

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If I had a dollar for every time someone wrote us a letter or comment about how he'd been unfairly banned from an MMORPG,...

Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype

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Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking the proposed Guild Wars 2 WvW scoring improvements

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In my last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I outlined ArenaNet's recent WvW player poll and discussed the possible implications of voting for each of...

Guild Wars 2’s 64-bit client launches along with PvP Season 3

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Guild Wars 2's 64-bit client is out of beta as of today, according to the patch notes released this morning. "The 32-bit client will...
Well, crap.

NCsoft Q1 2016: Blade & Soul is booming, WildStar is tumbling

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There are good pieces of news from NCsoft's first quarter financial report. For one thing, the company's year-on-year sales, profits, and net income are...

How Guild Wars 2 will improve WvW scoring

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The Guild Wars 2 community has been asking for improvements to scoring in the game's world-vs-world battles, and ArenaNet is moving swiftly to bring...
To return where others have gone before, but not like this.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 64: To boldly return

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Justin and Bree discuss Star Trek Online, Chronicles of Elyria, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, TERA, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag question on metacritic for MMOs.
happy birthday to me

The Daily Grind: What do you think about NPC party members in MMORPGs?

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I've been thinking a lot about classic Guild Wars lately -- the anniversary always does this to me. And one of my favorite parts...

One Shots: Slipping between shadows

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I'm not one of the stealthy types in MMOs, mostly because very few games give me the chance to hang upside-down from rafters and...

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